Tag: AI
AI gives ‘problematic’ health advice study finds
The researchers found a significant gap when these tools are used to address real-world patient symptoms.
Growth of AI data centers delays transition to cleaner grid
There is a dramatic slowdown in the previously accelerating pace of coal plant retirements because utility companies are responding to a rise in electricity demand from data centers and other sources.
‘Data Colonialism’: Native communities fight AI data centers on indigenous land
As tech companies set their sights on Indigenous lands, an activist said, “We’re always the one that ends up having to sacrifice our relationship to land, air, water, our communities and our nonhuman relatives.”
Artificial Intelligence vs. human stupidity
Many countries still go to war believing that God is on their side. Just as dangerous are those that believe that they will win because technology is on their side.
Speeding up the ‘kill chain’: Pentagon bombs thousands of targets in...
The system, known as Project Maven, relies on technology by Palantir and also incorporates the AI model Claude built by Anthropic. Israel has used similar AI targeting programs in Iran, as well as in Gaza and Lebanon.
Big Tech accused of AI ‘greenwashing’
A new report has found that “the promises of planet-saving tech remain hollow.”
The War intervention: AI, data centers, and the environment
This increasingly inextricable partnership between AI and the war economy is throwing us into a fast track of climate and environmental chaos that threatens us all.
Trump family businesses rake in $4 billion after his re-election with...
With investments across sectors like real estate, hospitality, media, cryptocurrency and more, the Trumps are “increasingly integrating their business empire” into the wider U.S. economy.
Instacart ends use of AI-powered pricing experiment on consumers
Instacart's Eversight pricing tool allowed retails on its platform to experiment with pricing using AI, which could cost the average household up to $1,200 every year in additional spending.
States introduce AI bills affecting health care
More than 250 AI bills in health care were introduced in 47 states since October.
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Is the DNC giving Kamala Harris a Boost for 2028?
Scant attention has focused on how hiding the autopsy provides an assist to Kamala Harris, who currently leads in polling of Democrats for the party’s 2028 nomination.
Trump’s quiet election push sparks alarms over federal power and the machinery of voting
A Reuters investigation has revealed a widening federal push into state election systems, with demands for voter records, scrutiny of voting equipment, and revived fraud probes fueling warnings about intimidation, disenfranchisement, and executive overreach.
Trump purge of National Science Board sparks warnings of political takeover of US science
The firing of every member of the National Science Board, alongside sweeping proposed cuts to federal research agencies, is raising alarms that the administration is dismantling independent scientific governance while jeopardizing America’s research leadership.
The Trump administration aims to penalize disabled adults who live with their families
A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients.
May 1 deadline could trigger constitutional clash over Trump’s Iran war
As the War Powers Resolution clock expires, a legal confrontation is emerging over whether President Donald Trump can continue military operations in Iran without congressional approval.